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Woolsey Woods, Georgia

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Brooks census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30215. The Survey maps it on the Brooks quadrangle.

Woolsey Woods within Fayette County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

131 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 131 fires within 5 miles of Woolsey Woods between 1992 and 2019, burning about 564 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 14 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning82
Arson/incendiarism14
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Equipment and vehicle use9
Recreation and ceremony5
Natural4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Smoking4

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarism36 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use9.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1992Debris and open burning2.9 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020SPALDING001
8 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fayette County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Woolsey Woods: 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Gemstone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Allen ProspectGemstoneProspect
Porter ProspectMicaProspect

Every working recorded in Fayette County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Gypsy Woods0.4 miles9
Woolsey Creek Plantation1.2 miles9
Woolsey1.4 miles9
Bakersfield Farms1.6 miles9
Stubbs Plantation1.8 miles9
Gantt Acres2.0 miles9
Lowry2.3 miles9
Broom Hall2.3 miles9

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122544162The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1687981. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.